Gio moves to new rider Annabella Pidgley’s yard

The British Olympic and European medallist Gio has left Charlotte Dujardin’s base and is now living at new owner Annabella Pidgley’s Berkshire yard.

The 11-year-old Apache x Tango gelding won team and individual bronze with Charlotte at the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021, and the pair also took team silver and individual bronze at the European Championships last September. In late October it was announced that “Pumpkin” had been sold to the Pidgley family, for 17-year-old junior medallist Annabella Pidgley to ride.

Pumpkin initially stayed with Charlotte at Carl Hester’s Gloucestershire yard, with Annabella travelling to train with Charlotte on him once a week through the winter. Charlotte claimed a resounding World Cup victory aboard Pumpkin at the London International Horse Show, in what was expected to be the final competitive appearance for the partnership, and in February 2022 Pumpkin moved to live at the Pidgleys’ Kilbees Farm near Windsor.

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Article written by: Polly Bryan